 Grandmaster Alfred Elton Van Vogt was one of the giants of the 1940s, the Golden Age of classic Science Fiction.
Alfred Elton (A.E.) van Vogt (1912–2000) burst onto the science fiction scene in 1939 with his first published science fiction story, Black Destroyer, which was immediately hailed as a classic in the field, and the arrival of a bold new voice in speculative fiction.
His first novel, Slan, appeared in 1940 and cemented his reputation as the most popular and exciting author of the era.
Although his work has been criticized for deficiencies in plot, logic, and sometimes rationality, his stories operated on an emotional depth that swept readers along into new and exciting worlds filled with strange and alien ideas and races.
Born in Manitoba, Canada, he discovered Amazing Stories when he was 14 and became a lifelong reader of science fiction. After joining the Canadian civil service at 19, he also took a writing course, and sold his first fiction piece in 1932.
Novels such as The World of Null-A, the first science fiction novel from a major publisher, Simon and Schuster, and his classic work The Weapon Shops of Isher, show the work of this Grand Master in full bloom.
Of all his masterpieces, The World of Null-A is his most famous and most influential.
The entire careers of Philip K Dick, Keith Laumer, Alfred Bester, Charles L Harness, and Philip J Farmer were created or influenced by The World of Null-A, and so it is required reading for anyone who wishes to know the canon of SF classics.
A. E. Van Vogt was a SFWA Grand Master, and lived in Los Angeles, California. [edit]
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